Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James I’ve been thinking about Greg Mortenson’s powerful story, Three Cups of Tea. I want to expand on what I wrote (How To Change The World) earlier this week.
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How To Change The World
None of us can do anything great on our own, but we can all do a small thing with great love. Mother Teresa I believe Mother Teresa would agree that no act of great love is ever truly a “small thing.”
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Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 99 miles WE ALL RIDE THE SAME ROAD There are unexpected […]
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God does not allow evil and suffering to continue because He does not love us, or is in some way detached and removed from us. God takes our suffering so seriously, that he took it upon himself on the cross. Tim Keller When I speak to a group about RELENTLESS GRACE, the questions are frequently […]
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Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin It’s a lot easier to assert my rights than to act responsibly.
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Congress acknowledged that society’s accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. William J. Brennan, Jr. I have a confession: I tend to get possessive and judgmental about disabled parking spaces.
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Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 57 miles and a vacation WHAT’S NEXT? Arriving at one goal […]
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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. Ghandi Yesterday I wrote about the pitfalls of Legislating Morality. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” [Matthew 5:17]
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An ethical person ought to do more than he’s required to do and less than he’s allowed to do. You can’t mandate morality. Call it what you want—morality, ethics, or character can’t be codified. Laws, rules, and regulations are always lowest common denominators. Attempts to legislate moral behavior simply create a cottage industry aimed at […]
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Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey Do you ever fear positive thinking? I do. Of all the fears that might haunt us, why in the world would we fear a positive attitude?
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Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 109 miles MILESTONES We all want progress, but if you’re […]
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This is perhaps my favorite scripture. I love the picture it portrays, and it’s something of which I need to be reminded daily. Jesus said, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, […]
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